Sermons

Sunday, September 11, 2016Making the Angels Sing Losing, finding, and rejoicing. On a very superficial level, this is a timely parable for me to be hearing, a little bit of synchronicity – because I lost my one and only travel coffee mug this week, and when I eventually find it, believe me, I’ll be rejoicing because it means I won’t have to ...

Sunday, September 4, 2016Discipleship 101 Well – once again, here is Jesus being less than his usual charming self, and as a preacher I freely admit that his words have evoked my fight or flight response. Instinctively I imagine that we’re all cringing just a bit at what is undeniably one of his least appealing outbursts. However, there’s no getting ...

Sunday, August 14Not Just Another Nice Guy
Among the texts in Scripture that I’d most like to avoid as a preacher, I think this one tops the list. This alarming talk of fire, and division within families; the confrontational language coming out of Jesus’ mouth as he bluntly calls people hypocrites – it’s all just a little hard to hear. Passages like ...

Sunday, August 7, 2016Being an Authentic Witness
“Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” Hold onto that thought while I take us on a side trip.
On a recent trip to Boston, a friend and I paid a visit to the city’s Museum of Fine Art – a huge building with an equally huge collection that ...

Sunday, July 31, 2016Possessed by our Possessions? About a year ago now I officially disconnected from my cable service and kicked my TV habit. It wasn’t really a difficult decision. With all the options available to stream movies and TV shows through a variety of electronic gizmos, I decided that I needed to escape from the relentless advertising that suggests, for about ...

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